Definition of Placentals. Meaning of Placentals. Synonyms of Placentals

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Definition of Placentals

Placental
Placental Pla*cen"tal, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
Placental
Placental Pla*cen"tal, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Placentalia.

Meaning of Placentals from wikipedia

- contains all mammals that are more closely related to placentals than they are to marsupials. Placental mammals are anatomically distinguished from other...
- Placental abruption is when the placenta separates early from the uterus, in other words separates before childbirth. It occurs most commonly around 25...
- A placental infarction results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the placenta, causing its cells to die. Small placental infarcts, especially...
- Placental insufficiency or utero-placental insufficiency is the failure of the placenta to deliver sufficient nutrients to the fetus during pregnancy,...
- Placental lactogen, also called chorionic somatomammotropin, is a polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family. Its structure and function...
- 15-25 separations of the decidua basalis of the placenta, separated by placental septa. Each cotyledon consists of a main stem of a chorionic villus as...
- Placental villous immaturity is chorionic villous development that is inappropriate for the gestational age. It is ****ociated with diabetes mellitus and...
- that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive...
- while marsupials and placentals retain the other (except cetaceans, which later lost the other blue opsin as well). Some placentals and marsupials, including...
- allowing an exchange of gases to take place. In humans and other hemochorial placentals, the maternal blood comes into direct contact with the fetal chorion,...